06 May

Something that is sadly missing from the Patrick Neary involvement with Anglo is how the rules set up by a Regulator often apply to eve...

30 Apr

Today Ivan Yates spoke to Karl Deeter about the PTsb rate increase. There were several points to consider surrounding this and Ivan tou...

03 Apr

We were asked to discuss some of the problems in the property market with Sean O'Rourke and Philip Farrell of Real Estate Alliance. ...

01 Apr

Do e-cigarrette smokers get treated like regular smokers when it comes to life assurance prices? The smoking status (which is in its st...

01 Apr

Irish Life did some interesting research (full infographic here) on 'what a mother is worth. It's fascinating to see the difference of ...

Rent receivers are generally sent in when a landlord is unable to meet the terms of their contract. It doesn't mean they can't pay anyt...

I had a chat over coffee with a friend and we were discussing how the Economist was showing that 'young home owners' are a dying breed....

Colette Fitzpatrick had a panel in to speak about the property market on Midweek, there was Jim Power (economist), Angela Keegan (MD of...

19 Feb

The hype-machine is in full throttle on the sale of the former INBS loans. The fear being that some large evil hedge-fund is out there ...

11 Feb

Something that has been circulating of late is that if NAMA buy the Irish Nationwide (subsumed into IBRC) loan book that they will foll...

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